Lesson 9 - suffixes

Hebrew commonly adds suffixes to prepositions and nouns. When attached to nouns, the suffixes indicate possession, though של is more commonly used in this regard in Modern Hebrew. When attached to prepositions, they indicate either possession or a sort of directionality towards a person. You will see many other examples in your Hebrew studies, but these are the more common examples in regards to prepositions.

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

1st person sing.

-i

…י

2nd person sing. masc.

-kha

…ך

2nd person sing. fem.

-akh

…ך

3rd person sing. masc.

-o, (-v, -u)

…ו

3rd person sing. fem.

-a

…ה

1st person pl.

-nu

…נו

2nd person pl. masc.

-khem

…כם

2nd person pl. fem.

-khen

…כן

3rd person pl. masc.

-hem

…הם

3rd person pl. fem.

-hen

…הן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

I'm cold.

kar li.

קר לי.

Congratulations on your new house.

ma-zal tov al ha-ba-yit ha-kha-dash she-la-khem.

מזל טוב על הבית החדש שלכם.

I love you.

a-ni o-he-vet ot-kha.

אני אוהבת אותך.

I opened the closet and I found in it the coat I was looking for.

pa-takh-ti et ha-a-ron u-ma-tsa-ti bo et ha-me-il she-khi-pas-ti.

פתחתי את הארון ומצאתי בו את המעיל שחיפשתי.

Are you going with them or with me?

at no-sa-at i-tam o i-ti?

את נוסעת איתם או איתי?

I think the cat fell asleep on you yesterday night.

nid-me li she-ha-kha-tu-la nir-de-ma a-laikh et-mol ba-lai-la.

נדמה לי שהחתולה נרדמה עליך אתמול בלילה.

We are inviting over to our place some guests for Shabbat.

a-nakh-nu maz-mi-nim e-le-nu o-re-khim le-sha-bat.

אנחנו מזמינים אלינו אורחים לשבת.

We baked a cake for them.

a-fi-nu u-ga bish-vi-lan.

אפינו עוגה בשבילן.

She's 2 km away from my apartment.

ha-mer-khak mi-me-na el ha-di-ra she-li hu shnei ki-lo-me-ter.

המרחק ממנה אל הדירה שלי הוא 2 ק"מ.

Shall we meet at our place or yours?

ni-pa-gesh ets-le-nu o ets-le-khen?

ניפגש אצלנו או אצלכן?

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

(to, for) me

li

לי

(to, for) you (m.s.)

le-kha

לך

(to, for) you (f.s.)

lakh

לך

(to, for) him

lo

לו

(to, for) her

la

לה

(to, for) us

la-nu

לנו

(to, for) you (m.p.)

la-khem

לכם

(to, for) you (f.p.)

la-khen

לכן

(to, for) them (m.p.)

la-hem

להם

(to, for) them (f.p.)

la-hen

להן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

mine

she-li

שלי

your(s) (m.s.)

shel-kha

שלך

your(s) (f.s.)

she-lakh

שלך

his

she-lo

שלו

her(s)

she-la

שלה

our(s)

she-la-nu

שלנו

your(s) (m.p.)

she-la-khem

שלכם

your(s) (f.p.)

she-la-khen

שלכן

their(s) (m.p.)

she-la-hem

שלהם

their(s) (f.p.)

she-la-hen

שלהן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

me

o-ti

אותי

you (m.s.)

ot-kha

אותך

you (f.s.)

o-takh

אותך

him

o-to

אותו

her

o-ta

אותה

us

o-ta-nu

אותנו

you (m.p.)

et-khem

אתכם

you (f.p.)

et-khen

אתכן

them (m.p.)

o-tam

אותם

them (f.p.)

o-tan

אותן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

(in, on, at, by) me

bi

בי

(in, on, at, by) you (m.s.)

be-kha

בך

(in, on, at, by) you (f.s.)

bakh

בך

(in, on, at, by) him

bo

בו

(in, on, at, by) her

ba

בה

(in, on, at, by) us

ba-nu

בנו

(in, on, at, by) you (m.p.)

ba-khem

בכם

(in, on, at, by) you (f.p.)

ba-khen

בכן

(in, on, at, by) them (m.p.)

ba-hem

בהם

(in, on, at, by) them (f.p.)

ba-hen

בהן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

(with) me

i-ti

איתי

(with) you (m.s.)

it-kha

איתך

(with) you (f.s.)

i-takh

איתך

(with) him

i-to

איתו

(with) her

i-ta

איתה

(with) us

i-ta-nu

איתנו

(with) you (m.p.)

it-khem

איתכם

(with) you (f.p.)

it-khen

איתכן

(with) them (m.p.)

i-tam

איתם

(with) them (f.p.)

i-tan

איתן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

(on, about) me

a-lai

עלי

(on, about) you (m.s.)

a-le-kha

עליך

(on, about) you (f.s.)

a-laikh

עליך

(on, about) him

a-lav

עליו

(on, about) her

a-le-ha

עליה

(on, about) us

a-le-nu

עלינו

(on, about) you (m.p.)

a-le-khem

עליכם

(on, about) you (f.p.)

a-le-khen

עליכן

(on, about) them (m.p.)

a-le-hem

עליהם

(on, about) them (f.p.)

a-le-hen

עליהן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

(at, to, towards) me

e-lai

אלי

(at, to, towards) you (m.s.)

e-le-kha

אליך

(at, to, towards) you (f.s.)

e-laikh

אליך

(at, to, towards) him

e-lav

אליו

(at, to, towards) her

e-le-ha

אליה

(at, to, towards) us

e-le-nu

אלינו

(at, to, towards) you (m.p.)

a-le-khem

אליכם

(at, to, towards) you (f.p.)

a-le-khen

אליכן

(at, to, towards) them (m.p.)

a-le-hem

אליהם

(at, to, towards) them (f.p.)

a-le-hen

אליהן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

(for) me

bish-vi-li

בשבילי

(for) you (m.s.)

bish-vil-kha

בשבילך

(for) you (f.s.)

bish-vi-lakh

בשבילך

(for) him

bish-vi-lo

בשבילו

(for) her

bish-vi-la

בשבילה

(for) us

bish-vi-la-nu

בשבילנו

(for) you (m.p.)

bish-vil-khem

בשבילכם

(for) you (f.p.)

bish-vil-khen

בשבילכן

(for) them (m.p.)

bish-vi-lam

בשבילם

(for) them (f.p.)

bish-vi-lan

בשבילן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

(from, of, than) me

mi-me-ni

ממני

(from, of, than) you (m.s.)

mim-kha

ממך

(from, of, than) you (f.s.)

mi-mekh

ממך

(from, of, than) him

mi-me-nu

ממנו

(from, of, than) her

mi-me-na

ממנה

(from, of, than) us

me-i-ta-nu

מאיתנו

(from, of, than) you (m.p.)

mi-kem

מכם

(from, of, than) you (f.p.)

mi-ken

מכן

(from, of, than) them (m.p.)

me-hem

מהם

(from, of, than) them (f.p.)

me-hen

מהן

English

Transliteration

Hebrew

(at, in the possession of) me

ets-li

אצלי

(at, in the possession of) you (m.s.)

ets-le-kha

אצלך

(at, in the possession of) you (f.s.)

ets-lekh

אצלך

(at, in the possession of) him

ets-lo

אצלו

(at, in the possession of) her

ets-la

אצלה

(at, in the possession of) us

ets-le-nu

אצלנו

(at, in the possession of) you (m.p.)

ets-le-khem

אצלכם

(at, in the possession of) you (f.p.)

ets-le-khen

אצלכן

(at, in the possession of) them (m.p.)

ets-lam

אצלם

(at, in the possession of) them (f.p.)

ets-lan

אצלן

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